Twilight Shimmer 2018
With only plum at the top and praline at the base, the pyramid is sparse, but the broader note set sketches a clearly gourmand intent.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Caramel60
- Woody50
- Lactonic50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Plum
- Praline
- Plum
- Patchouli
- Mandarin
- Clary Sage
- Musk
- Praline
By the editors · 2 min readWith only plum at the top and praline at the base, the pyramid is sparse, but the broader note set sketches a clearly gourmand intent. Plum opens dark and stewed, joined by mandarin's brief citric brightness in the wider list.
The development is essentially dessert. Praline is the centrepiece — caramelised nuts, butter, and a touch of vanilla — with patchouli adding a chocolate-earth depth that complements rather than redirects the sweetness. Clary sage threads a faint herbal lift through the warmth.
Musk in the base smooths the praline-patchouli axis, keeping the gourmand from collapsing into pure candy. Overall: a dark fruity-gourmand with a praline core, heavily sweet and meant for cool-weather evening or date wear. Projection is moderate, the drydown long and comforting, and the personality firmly in the dessert idiom.
Scent twins
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